Drier car



C. H. KLEIN.

DRIER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21.1919.

Patented May 16,1922.

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CHARLES H. KLEIN, or onAsKA, mrnfnnsora- Darrin can.

arson Specificatioirof Lettersfatent. PQijg ifigd 16, 1922.

. Application filed July 21, 1919; Serial in). 312,147.

To an whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GHnnnns H. KLEIN, a citizen of the United States", residing at Chaska, in the county of Carver and State of llfinnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drier Cars, of which the following is a specification. I

The primary object of this invention is to provide an improved drier car for soft'ni'ud bricks which will facilitate the placing of palletsloaded with bricks onthe car in position to receive the full benefit of-the drying atmosphere. More particularly the invention provides means for guiding the pallets upon the shelf bars of the car thus reducing the chance of any pallets not properly registering with the shelf bars and disturbing the bricks as the pallets are slid into place on the car. My invention further provides spacing stops at the ends of the car for properly positioning the cars on a track to register with port passages through which drying medium blows. To these encs my invention comprises the features of construction 'and combination of parts hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my invention, part of the shelf bars being shown in transverse section for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of my invention, portions of the structure being broke away to more clearly expose parts of the apparatus; Fig. 3 is a perspective of a detail showing part of one of the shelf bars;

Fig. et is another perspective of a detail of a shelf bar, illustrating an alternative construction, and Fig. 5 is a perspective of one of the pallets upon which the soft mud bricks are placed before being loaded onto the car. I

The drawing illustrates a double car equipped with my invention, that is, provision is made for loading two tiers of pallets and supporting them upon the car, but it will be understood that it is contemplated within the scope of my invention to construct the car with one or as many more sets of shelf bars for supporting as many pallets as desired. The structure is provided with corner posts 2 and'pairs of intermediate posts 3, all of said posts being secured at their lower ends to a pair of longitudinal bars 4; and at their upper ends to a pair of longitudinal bars 5, to produce a skeleton frame work or rack, all of said parts being constructed of angle or other suitable st-ruc tural members for the purpose of producing greateststrength-"with a minimum amount of material. The corner posts 2 are crossbraced by diagonal rods 6 to assist in producing a rigid frame work. The lower longitudinal members 4: are mounted upon carrier wheels 7 so that the entire car will travel freely on rails. Arranged transversely,- that is, across the car, so that the I pallets may be loaded from one side are a plurality of pairs of horizontal shelf bars 8 madeof angle members'having their lower sides 9 facing inwardly toward each other and their vertical sides 10 secured by rivets 11 or other suitable means to the end corner posts 2 and the intermediate corner posts These pairs of shelf bars are spaced upwardly apart at intervals so that pallets 12 upon which the bricks 13 are placed can be loaded and supported horizontally 011 the car.

The outer projecting ends 14L of each pair of shelf bars .at one side of the car are curved outwardly apart and downwardly to form side and floor guiding surfaces to facilitate sliding the pallets on to the shelf bars either by hand or machine without catching and disturbing the soft mud bricks on the pallets. These guiding ends may be formed by bending the angle shelf bars as illustrated very clearly in Fig. 3, but when desired the guiding ends may be formed by splitting thesides of the shelf bar longitudinally at its angle and bending the vertical side outwardly and the horizontal side downwardly illustrated in Fig. l. As many pairs of shelf bars with guiding ends may be provided in the structure as desired.

For the purpose of spacing a number of cars apart at even intervals so that the pal- ,lets will register with air ports in a drying structure to blow drying medium over the soft bricks and so that upward draft passages are provided between the cars, spacing stops or blocks 15 are secured at each end of the car frame work near its top and bottom, said stops being in the form of channel brackets riveted at 16 or secured by any other suitable means to the corner posts or other parts of the frame work. These stops on adjacent cars are adapted to impinge against each other and hold the cars apart at even intervals. r

In accordance with the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention together with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof but I desire to have it understood that the construction shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is new and desire to secure "by Letters Patent is:

1. A drier car, comprising, in combina tion, a skeleton car frame having upright supports, substantially horizontal and paral lel shelf bars mounted upon said supports upon which brick pallets are adapted to slide, said shelf bars being composed of angle members, each of said members being arranged with one side extending upwardly and its remaining lower side extending inwardly and each member of a pair or the ends of said shelf bars being split longitudinally along a line between its upright and lower sides, said pair having their upright portions deflected outwardly and their lower split portions deflected downwardly to form guiding surfaces for directing the pallets longitudinally on and between said bars.

2. A drier car, comprising, in combination, a skeleton car frame having upright supports, substantially horizontal and parallel shelf bars mounted upon said supports upon which brick pallets are adapted to slide, a pair of the ends of said shelf bars being deflected outwardly and downwardly to form guiding surfaces for directing the pallets onto said bars, and carrier elements revoluble below said frame, said shelf bars being of angle form in cross section and arranged in pairs with their sides directed inwardly and upwardly to form a track way upon which the pallets are adapted to be directed by said deflected guiding ends.

Signed at Chaska, in the county of Carver and State of Minnesota, this 10th day of July, 1919.

CHARLES H. KLEIN. 

